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He then knocked on the door until she answered. Police said the man was claimed to be investigating a flood in her garden. After he was told she wasn't aware of such problem, he said "I'm just doing what my gaffer has asked me to do."

Maureen allowed the man to enter her home, locking the front door behind them. After guiding her through to the back door, the man returned to the front door and unlocked it.

CCTV footage of the man who kept 77-year-old Maureen Griffiths at the bottom of her garden as his accomplices stole £18,000 of her life savings

When questioning him on his actions, the man claimed he was letting a dog or a cat out, despite Maureen owning neither a cat or a dog.

He kept Maureen at the bottom of the garden as three other men, believed to have exited the white Ford Transit Connect, went in through the front door and raided her living room.

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Maureen heard voices coming from her home and went to return inside, only to be ushered back by the man pretending to be a workman.

When she finally got away, she returned to her home to find it trashed and her life savings gone.

A neighbour's CCTV camera caught the three men as they carried out the raid.

Two of the three men leaving Ms Griffiths' home after stealing £18,000 of her life savings

West Midlands Police believe the men to be of the Irish traveller community and drove the distinctive white Ford Transit Connect, with black tinted windows and roof rails.

They believe the culprits have now moved on from the area, and have made a nationwide appeal for information through the BBC's Crimewatch Roadshow, to raise awareness of these men and hopefully result in their capture.

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Maureen's daughter, Lorraine Griffiths, told of how the incident has traumatised and completely changed her mothers life: "Since this has happened, she locks the door, puts the chain on, she's always looking out the window at different cars.

"She wants to know who the people are in the area, anyone walking past, she's like "Oh, I don't know them."

"She's just so nervous, it's sad."

Anyone with information or who can identify the men in the clip above are asked to contact West Midlands Police on 101 and can reach investigators using the Crimewatch Roadshow number of 08000 468 999.